Powder-puff and powder-container.



I A. ST. G. STOCKS.

POWDER PUFF AND POWDER CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, 1913.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914 Fig.1.

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Witnesses- Inventor .dttorney.

ARTHUR ST. CLAIRE STOCKS OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

POWDER-PUFF AND POWDER-CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

Application filed April 24, 1913. Serial No. 763,433.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR ST. OLAmE STocKs, a subject'of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 48 Bread street, London, E. 0., England, have invented a Powder Puff and Powder Container, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a powder puff and powder container for toilet use, and has for its object to provide a powder puff and a receptacle for powder in a neat and attractive form and for complete inclosure when not use within a .casing of small dimensions. This object is accom lished according to the invention by provi ing a puff such as usually employed for toilet use with a flexible shield or base and securing the putt to a slide capable of movement within an open ended casin in such manner that upon the slide being rawn into the casing the pufi is completel inclosed and compressed within the shield and is at the same time drawn into the casin The invention is il ustrateo. in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a puff and powder container provided according to the invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the casing with the cap removed and with the putt in its position for use. Fig. 3 is a view of the end face of the cap.

In carrying the invention into effect as illustrated in the accompanying drawings I rovide a casing a advantageously of cylinrical form closed at one end, and open at the other. I provide a cylindrical member 6 adapted to slide within the said casin and I cause the movement of the cylindric member 6 within the casing by mounting pins 0 upon it in diametrica 1y op osite positions to slide within longitudinal s ots (2 provided in corresponding position in the casing a. I

secure the puff e to a flexible shield f made of silk or other suitable material havin its edges extending advantageously beyon the puff so as completely to mclose it on its. being drawn into the casing, and I rovide means for securing the puff and t e pufi" shield to the end of the cylindrical member 6. For this purpose loops 6 may be cut out of the metal at the end of the cylindrical member. It will thus be understood that by movement from the position indicated in Flg. 2 to the position indicated in Fig. 1 the puff e is compressed and is drawn into the casing.

The cap 9 is formed for reception within the open end of the casing a and is provided as a powder container. For this purpose an open ended cylindrical part It closely fits into the cap 9 and at its lower end a number of holes 6 are provided. A button j serves to carry a valve plate la by means of which the holes 5 may be closed. The valve plate is may be provided to have a restricted movement 1n any suitable manner.

What I claim as m invention and desire to secure by Letters atent is An article for toilet use consisting of a puff, a slide to which said pufl is attached, an open ended casin in which said slide is adapted to be with rawn for inclosure of the puff when out of use and a flexible shield mounted beneath said pufl and adapted to be contracted for the compression of the pufl on the withdrawal of the puff within the casing.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribin witnesses.

ARTHUR sT. cLAfRE STOCKS.

Witnesses:

ROBERT OWEN Hucm-zs, HERBERT D. JAMESON. 

